Table 5. Maternal outcomes by country.
| UK n = 162 | Australia n = 61 | Italy n = 99 | the Netherlands n = 179 | France n = 126 | Denmark n = 288 | P-value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal outcome | ||||||||||||||
| Maternal death | No | 160 | (98·8) | 61 | (100) | 96 | (97) | 175 | (97·8) | 123 | (97·6) | 286 | (99·3) | 0·37* |
| Yes | 2 | (1·2) | 0 | (0) | 3 | (3) | 4 | (2·2) | 3 | (2·4) | 2 | (0·7) | ||
| Cardiac arrest | No | 154 | (95·1) | 57 | (96·6) | 94 | (94·9) | - | - | 116 | (92·1) | 285 | (99) | 0·005* |
| Yes | 8 | (4·9) | 2 | (3·4) | 5 | (5·1) | - | - | 10 | (7·9) | 3 | (1) | ||
| Missing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Renal failure | ||||||||||||||
| No | 160 | (98·8) | 58 | (98·3) | 97 | (98) | - | - | 106 | (84·1) | 284 | (98·6) | <0·001* | |
| Yes | 2 | (1·2) | 1 | (1·7) | 2 | (2) | - | - | 20 | (15·9) | 4 | (1·4) | ||
| Missing | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Infection | ||||||||||||||
| No | 157 | (96·9) | 56 | (96·6) | 97 | (98) | - | - | 118 | (93·7) | - | - | 0·399* | |
| Yes | 5 | (3·1) | 2 | (3·4) | 2 | (2) | - | - | 8 | (6·3) | - | - | ||
| Missing | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Thrombotic event | No | 158 | (97·5) | 57 | (96·6) | 99 | (100) | - | - | 118 | (93·7) | 287 | (99·7) | 0·001* |
| Yes | 4 | (2·5) | 2 | (3·4) | 0 | (0) | - | - | 8 | (6·3) | 1 | (0·3) | ||
| Missing | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| ITU admission | No | 30 | (18·5) | 2 | (3·3) | 15 | (15·3) | 32 | (17·9) | 44 | (34·9) | - | - | <0·001 |
| Yes | 132 | (81·5) | 59 | (96·7) | 83 | (84·7) | 147 | (82·1) | 82 | (65·1) | - | - | ||
*Used Fisher’s exact test.
Maternal outcomes: Cardiac arrest: UK included—cardiac arrest, cardiac infection and cardioversion and inotropic support; Italy, Australia and France: cardiac arrest. Infection: UK: chest infection, septicaemia, septic shock, sepsis, enterococcus infection, necrotising fasciitis, C. difficile, abscess, suspected tuberculosis or meningitis, wound infection and wound dehiscence. Australia: sepsis. Italy and France: septicaemia. Thrombotic: pulmonary embolism or deep venous thrombosis.
Missing data were not included in the percentage. A dash indicated that the country did not collect data on that specific variable. ITU: Intensive therapy unit.